These grants help Pride Toronto with their goals of supporting the community.
Cultueral Festival Funding Program
$ 250,000
The City of Toronto recognizes the importance of cultural festivals to the cultural, social, and economic life of the city. The Cultural Festivals Funding Program (CFFP) has been designed to support the development of the festival sector in a manner that is accessible, transparent and accountable. The CFFP will advance the City’s access, equity and inclusion goals.
The program provides financial support to recurring cultural festivals whose programming supports city-building, focuses on engaging with the people of Toronto, serves Toronto residents across the city, and promotes opportunities for emerging artists. A significant programming component must be free to the public.
Funding provided will be used to support the costs incurred at Pride Festival.
Including but not limited too:
– artist fees
– production costs for artistic activations
– marketing
– rent and utilities
– salaries and fees
– volunteer training
– health & safety measures
2022
– Single Year Funding
TBA
not applicable
TBA
Funding provided will be used to support the costs incurred at Pride Festival.
Including but not limited too:
– artist fees
– production costs for artistic activations
– traditional teaching
– facility rentals
– infrastructure requirements
$ 185,000
The 2022 Reconnect Ontario program supports festivals and events with a tourism economic impact to motivate visitors to rediscover Ontario, reconnect people with local experiences and generate increased tourism spending.
– Offer safe experiences that encourage people to travel locally, participate and rediscover the beauty and diversity of all that Ontario communities have to offer
– Draw tourists and local visitors, whether in person or virtually, through innovative programming, and provide positive economic impact for the local community, the region and the province
– Provide job opportunities for Ontarians, particularly in the tourism, culture and entertainment sectors
– Increase Ontario’s profile through media and/or broadcast exposure to instill interest in future travel to the province.
Funding provided will be used to support the costs incurred at Pride Festival.
Including but not limited too:
– artist fees
– production costs for artistic activations
– marketing
– rent and utilities
– salaries and fees
– volunteer training
– health & safety measures
April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2023
TBA
not applicable
TBA
$ 99,800
To engage citizens in their local communities through performing and visual arts, as well as through the expression, celebration, and preservation of local historical heritage.
– Local citizens are provided with opportunities to engage in their communities through local arts and heritage
– Local partners within the community provide support to funded local festival, community anniversary and/or legacy projects
– Local citizens have opportunities to be exposed to local arts and heritage
– Local artists, artisans and/or heritage performers are provided with opportunities to engage in their communities through local arts and heritage
Funding provided will be used to support the costs incurred at Pride Festival.
Including but not limited too:
– artist fees
– production costs for artistic activations
– traditional teaching
– facility rentals
– infrastructure requirements
April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2023
TBA
TBA
TBA
Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ)
$ 58,076.00
CSJ is a program under the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy, which aims to provide flexible and holistic services to help all young Canadians develop the skills and gain paid work experience to successfully transition into the labour market.
The CSJ program objectives align with the redesigned Youth Employment and Skills Strategy and are as follows:
Objective 1: Provide quality work experiences for youth.
Objective 2: Provide youth with opportunity to develop and improve their skills.
Objective 3: Respond to national and local priorities to improve access to the labour market for youth who face unique barriers.
Roles are:
Summer 2022
Eight weeks begin on staff first day
– Support for Pride 2022 Festival.
– Hired 6 students.
– Entertainment Agent x 1 position
– Environmental program coordinator x 1 position
– Major Community projects coordinator x 1 position
– Marketing Assistant x 1 position
– Office Administrative Assistant x 1 position
– Operations Officer- Administration x 1 position
Objective 1: Youth were given tasks that were matched with their experiences and needs of Pride Toronto.
Objective 2: Youth were all mentored on a weekly basis to develop and improve skills
Objective 3: We hired youth who face unique barriers.
not applicable
$29,040
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